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21-572: The monastery was established between 1070 and 1077 by Vsevolod , son of Yaroslav the Wise . It was a family cloister of Vsevolod's son Vladimir Monomakh and his descendants. The monastery, and the neighbourhood in present-day Kyiv where it is located , was named after an old Slavic legend about the pagan god Perun and the Grand Prince Vladimir the Great of Kyiv. The word "Vydubychi" comes from

42-806: A Kypchak princess, Anna Polovetskaya . They had a son, Rostislav , who drowned after the Battle of the Stugna River , and daughters, one becoming a nun and another, Eupraxia of Kiev , marrying Emperor Henry IV . The Cumans again invaded Kievan Rus' in 1068. The three brothers united their forces against them, but the Cumans routed them on the Alta River . After their defeat, Vsevolod withdrew to Pereyaslav. However, its citizens rose up in open rebellion, dethroned Iziaslav, and liberated and proclaimed Vseslav their grand prince. Vsevolod and Sviatoslav made no attempt to expel

63-547: A Byzantine princess, who according to tradition was named Anastasia or Maria. That the couple's son Vladimir Monomakh bore the family name of the Byzantine emperor suggests she was a member of his close family, but no contemporary evidence attests to a specific relationship and accounts of the Emperor give him no such daughter. Upon his father's death in 1054, he received in appanage the towns of Pereyaslav , Rostov , Suzdal , and

84-766: A favourable treaty with Rus' and give a princess in marriage to his younger brother. If so, the situation would be almost identical to the conquest of Chersonesos by Vladimir the Great , which, according to most Slavonic sources, precipitated the Christianization of Kievan Rus' back in 988. Bryusova argues that later pious legends confused Vladimir of Novgorod with his more famous grandfather and canonized namesake, who most likely never waged wars against Byzantium. Some late medieval authors went as far as to ascribe this Crimean campaign to another celebrated Vladimir, Monomakh , who in fact derived his main foreign support from Constantinople. For instance, Vasily Tatishchev , writing in

105-522: A tempest. The Byzantines sent a squadron of 14 ships to pursue the dispersed monoxyla of the Rus'. They were sunk by the Ruthenian admiral Ivan Tvorimich , who also managed to rescue Prince Vladimir after the shipwreck. The Varangian Guard was also present. A 6,000-strong Ruthenian contingent under Vyshata , which did not take part in naval action, was captured and deported to Constantinople. Eight hundred of

126-696: The Tale of Bygone Years . From the 1596 Union of Brest the Monastery was an official seat of the first three metropolitans of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine — Mykhajlo Rohoza , Ipatii Potii and Yosyf Rutskyi . In 1635. it was returned to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The monastery was continuously protected by Ukraine's hetmans and aristocratic families. Hetman Ivan Mazepa in 1695 forbade

147-759: The Kievan throne, thus uniting the three core principalities—Kiev, Chernigov and Pereyaslavl—in Kievan Rus' . He appointed his eldest son, Vladimir Monomach, to administer Chernigov. The Primary Chronicle writes that the "people no longer had access to the Prince's justice, judges became corrupt and venal". Vsevolod followed his young councilors' advice instead of that of his old retainers in his last years. Vsevolod spoke five foreign languages, according to Vladimir Monomach's Autobiography . Historian George Vernadsky believes that these probably included Greek and Cuman, because of

168-414: The Ruthenian prisoners were blinded. Vyshata was allowed to return to Kiev at the conclusion of the peace treaty three years later. Under the terms of the peace settlement, Yaroslav's son Vsevolod I married a daughter of Emperor Constantine Monomachus . Vsevolod's son by this princess assumed his maternal grandfather's name and became known as Vladimir Monomakh . There are good reasons to believe that

189-701: The Vydubychi. Since the late 1990s, the monastery is administered by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyiv Patriarchate . The Vydubychi Church Choir was among the first choirs in newly independent Ukraine to reinstate singing of the Divine Liturgy in the Ukrainian language. Only a few churches of this monastery have survived over the centuries. One of these is the Collegiate Church of Saint Michael, which

210-530: The Vydubytskyi Monastery's neighbors to "do injustice to the monastery" and placed it under the guard of Starodub Regiment Col. Mykhailo Myklashevskyi, who established the Baroque -style Church of St. George and new Transfiguration Refectory. Hetman Danylo Apostol subsidised construction of the monastery's bell tower. In the 18th century the help of Hetman Kyrylo Rozumovsky 's ensured the new properties for

231-505: The Wise and led by his eldest son, Vladimir of Novgorod , in 1043. The reasons for the war are disputed, as is its course. Michael Psellus , an eyewitness of the battle, left a hyperbolic account detailing how the invading Kievan Rus' were annihilated by a superior Imperial fleet with Greek fire off the Anatolian shore. According to the Slavonic chronicles, the Rus' fleet was destroyed by

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252-464: The campaign was not over in 1043 (as Greek sources seem to imply), but continued with the Rus' capture of Chersonesos (Korsun') the following year: Careful analysis of these facts led Vera Bryusova to conclude that hostilities were renewed in 1044 or 1045, when Vladimir advanced on Chersonesos and captured it, retaining the town until the Byzantines, involved in several other wars, agreed to conclude

273-659: The nationality of his two wives, and that he likely spoke Latin, Norse, and Ossetian. He lost most of his battles; his eldest son, Vladimir Monomakh , a grand and famous warrior, did most of the fighting for his father. The last years of his reign were clouded by grave illness, and Vladimir Monomakh presided over the government. Vsevolod and his first wife Anastasia, a relative of Constantine IX Monomachos , had children: Vsevolod and his second wife Anna Polovetskaya had children: Rus%27-Byzantine War (1043) The final Rus'–Byzantine War was, in essence, an unsuccessful naval raid against Constantinople instigated by Yaroslav

294-455: The old gods to emerge from water ( Перуне выдуби! ). Accordingly, the area down the river stream where Perun emerged was named Vydubichu or Vydubychi in modern Ukrainian. The monastery operated the ferry across the Dnieper River and many of the best scholars of that time lived and worked there. Among them, chroniclers Sylvestr of Kiev and Moisey made a great contribution to writing

315-683: The previous years expelled the Pechenegs from the Pontic steppes. He also made peace with the Cumans who appeared for the first time in Europe in the same year. The Cumans invaded his principality in 1061 and routed Vsevolod in a battle. Vsevolod persuaded his brother, Iziaslav, and their distant cousin, Vseslav, to join him and they together attacked the Torks in 1060. In 1067, Vsevolod's Greek wife died and he soon married

336-520: The township of Beloozero which would remain in possession of his descendants until the end of Middle Ages . Together with his elder brothers Iziaslav and Sviatoslav he formed a sort of princely triumvirate which jointly waged war on the steppe nomads, Polovtsy , and compiled the Russkaya Pravda , the first law code of the state. In 1055, Vsevolod launched an expedition against the Turks who had in

357-561: The usurper from Kiev. Vsevolod supported Sviatoslav against Iziaslav. They forced their brother to flee from Kiev in 1073. Feodosy , the saintly hegumen or head of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev remained loyal to Iziaslav, and refused lunch with Sviatoslav and Vsevolod. After Sviatoslav's death in 1076, Vsevolod enthroned himself in Kiev for a few months before fleeing in early 1077. Once he

378-521: The word Vydobychi → Vydobych → Vydobech ( Ukrainian : Видобичі → Видобич → Видобеч ) which means "to swim up", "emerge from water". The legend has it that Vladimir ordered the wooden figures of Perun (the Thunder God) and other pagan gods dumped into the Dnieper River during the mass Baptism of Kyiv . The disheartened Kyivans, though accepting the baptism, ran along the Dnieper River calling for

399-566: Was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1078 until his death in 1093. He was the fifth and favourite son of Yaroslav I the Wise by Ingigerd Olafsdottir . He was born around 1030. On his seal from his last years, he was named "Andrei Vsevolodu" in Greek, implying that his baptismal name was Andrew. To back up an armistice signed with the Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos in 1046, his father married Vsevolod to

420-505: Was back in Kiev, Iziaslav granted Sviatoslav's former principality to Vsevolod, but Sviatoslav's sons considered the Principality of Chernigov as their own patrimony or otchina . Oleg Sviatoslavich made an alliance with the Cumans and invaded Chernigov. Iziaslav came to Vsevolod's rescue and they forced Oleg to retreat, but Iziaslav was murdered in the battle. After Iziaslav's death, Vsevolod, as their father's only surviving son, took

441-785: Was built on behest of Vsevolod I and partly reconstructed between 1766 and 1769 by Russian architect M. I. Yurasov. The Ukrainian baroque structures include the magnificent 5-domed St. George Cathedral, Transfiguration of the Saviour Church and refectory, all dating from 1696-1701. A belltower, commissioned by the Hetman Danylo Apostol , was erected in 1727-33 and built up in 1827-31. Many distinguished individuals are buried there, including: Vsevolod Yaroslavich Vsevolod I Yaroslavich ( Old East Slavic : Всеволодъ Ꙗрославичь , romanized:  Vsevolodǔ Jaroslavičǐ ; c.  1 February 1030 – 13 April 1093)

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